The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-15 00:00:00

ONLY .MARKET AND COXNER,CIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Is A very fai r d emand for monetary accommodation been reported to-day i n di scount circles, and it has - Supplied on terms ranging from 6:1 to 61 per cent. for the best commercial bilis. The available balances are only mo d erately large, but they are ar aPie for all the requi of the mcatil community. Th e marketr ements appears a little easnier,e I t ," the brok ers show more willingness to transact business than for the past few days. The alterations which appear in the weekly re tarn of the Bank kJ - England to Wednesday last are important, but they are partly due to circum stanets peculiar at this time of the year, such as ttle distrib ut i on of the dividends and the repayment In ° 14118 . Th e O t h er Securities and the Govern• J etit Deposit s consequently show a decrease, while oue pri vate balances have been largely augmented. svin g to the l arge demand for gold to the Con and the East, the stock of bullion shows t l t ecluction o f nearly half a million. Subjoined are Particulars : 4etive Circulation .. 120,763,495 Increa se Bullion .. • •• • • • .. 45,235 hest • • • • •• • • 13,708,597 D ecrease • 488,157 . • Increa•se 3,365,861 •• Publ ic Deposit s • . 59045 beer ea s , •• •• • 5,264,097 6. O ther De • • • • • • ; 2,359,190 15,411,794 incre posits. • ** 35d190 SevSevenDay"aend*Other Bills :: • • 2 632,925 Increase .• • " 28,881 "elllineTeeanste S e curi tie " 11,077,189 120,000 20,555,386 °the n r e S c e r euritie.s. • • • • • • 1,877,377 °tem tinemplo ed ea" •• •• .. 9 - 185 Decrease- 6 '5 9 7 - 8 i :815 b tisi s i ng the last few days there has been very little 41."8 transacted in the markets for foreign and h r Qll,ll'll produce. Sugars have sold slowly, at li a l !" h tl -Y reduced prices. For coffee, however, there fruit el a fair inquiry, at full rates, while tea, rice, it onn ' an d spices have remained without change of c oati n ttanee • Business in the tallow market has fo r bted v ery qniet, at about former quotations The nta present and forward delivery. deteWestern Life Assurance Association have aur a l. rie d to extend their operations to fire in ,nelutullee' a nd the prospectus will be found in another 4 avi4 . Ri 'l: he Western possesses the advantage of a g e nts, —tea dY a very numerous body of active the i a n d thus business will be commenced under tiou s :;;Ifevourable auspices. The share applica day close to-morrow for London, and on Mon or those from the country. Two O'CLOCK. ~ At th e , , •tt etlt , rails Bourse to-day (according to Mr. C6f, , e „ r 8 telegram), the 3 per Cent. Rentes were „uue. 66f. 6.5 c. Steady. The ta ear tt ,,, nit of Prance return for the past month, 014 i'leted to yesterday, exhibits the followin g . O f s' 'ges: "An increase of £4,560,000 in discount!, 44-.2,340,000 in Bank-notes ; and £220,00000 in bpuilit Etceounts. Also a decrease of £1,765,0 is tt, 4 3 of £504,000 in advances ; and of £405,000 e Tr e . I\z et ,_ •-sury balances. tqter, the alightest movement of importance has tat o -- P l ace to-day in the English Stock market, CO 4 -4 , the Whole a little firmer tone is manifested. d 1)1 1 °La for transfer remain at 901 5 for money, 44 4 0 t i c:r th e account. The New Threes and Reduced a to 11, die 90 1 - 4; and Exchequer Bonds are par . 4 I l 3 dia 5 per Cants. have been dealt in at 1, 40 t; b. • negotiated in the Foreign oie rit business has been 4egt, et tc'claY, and prices are gene?l , ly . higher. 0(), ' 4 . 11 tire at an advance, being Turkish % "°llcle e have improved to 465 :71,1 ' rise of I ! reed ar - 3* 241; the Coupons re k ki e also higher at 2 ; 8 Z ll t 101 1 1 1 ; and Spanish Passive , hay . e t ee " e d to 41. 3, a rise of about 7,-; and the Certi- Cotttre,B,44o exhibit an advance of - 1 -„ at 13',-; i. The Of 181';'erate Loan has reached 44 46, in consequence 4 -eul4 tion for a rise, th e . tip t , ~ Ilailway Share Market business has con oreaet very 61. _ Eastern, and inactive, but a firmer tone prevails. '. ; and Metrop oit r a e n a i t Western have advanced ~,ts ( 'Peat an d A. Stock and North Western, Eastern (Berwick), howe Tho Foreign and 155. ; Midland and North declined ss. y nactive, and e. ev er, have . remain ~ Pri ces. I, C m ol nhial undertakings .....uoit no material alteration in iltLlli.aelisk and Miscellaneous shares are in several in sL' at shght:y enhanced rates. Oriental Bank J,: p r ati improved to , , 61; Hindustan, Chine, and ht m• Australian Shipping Pr e t° 33 3u:,-- Mauritius Credit are quoted 15 ke tt ; ; .ionai 1\14.• Company, 2 to 2t, Sh ipping Compa n y, 1 t o 11 prem . ; An g l o Italian Bank, 11, 11 Pre" a Qe,rt 1/RITIS R FUNDS —ONE O' CLOCK. bN/qi rmt . t 4'r FUNDS. a tt 4 to A c • C onsole 90/ k , t.lit oo . out reb . i 91 li:' 3 per' C C . lie! al. e eilt ... 0 1 6 n a, rer C.,.., :. Je t d Pt r C . ". J an. 1891 `lo 'eat el lt• Annuities 1111111tti)tiea:3440 nuities, Jan. 18731 1 1 14, for ab 37 ; expire sth Jan., 1880, oit,"„ (4 1 o 3 l's• expire sth April, 1885 — bit.u,...., p et z e e a u Teleg 7 raph), Aug. 1908 --- I. , s bit to De r Cent. 1888 Nieh,•uitt„ - , ditto April, 1864 lee ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 s bitt e r Bills, £1 0 11,,, bi t , AO2, 21 lc 3 per Cent. par 4 di fl ak t"° •,ouu .... 44 I ltle tid 0 £IOO and £2OO bi: Bteek c'riz/tXmtliT SECURITIES. bi l i t° Ace' " 74 .. Ditto 614:130t ..... ,tt e IPer n eell t• iuly . iii; 4 iit 4 af ' e ln• 1888' i t ._ t o De a cea p ap „ A 1), , c 7 b, r c oin , 7 - .Per Cent — t,t ebs . 5 usu. 1872 .. 104 Ditto, to u kres 4 FORE tal e 1 . , , • Per Ct., Aug 1866. 991 ' O OO .. la, 41,00 0 ................. a ‘tteb , .... b it l4 6 411 i FUNDS—.ONE O'CLOCK. bit t° ' 1 8 1* Cep t o t . _ iv eal „, ,„,...• ........ b, er c o "„'° o 9 ... - 11 4 itt e ae itt o mt., 1852-58-60 N 4l e tl oe .6„„ ri P• 186 3 1863 QokeiLi at res 6 ~e , 4 45 paid ct ii m ti e, 6 1.et 6 s oi l' e c eut ii. 4 48 p e eat P £5O Pd — D I tto l i e r Q e4t • ... b 1 144 a per .... E t th, 2 1 5 er Q - , ; eut, . t uto r ottpor 11 e t , ,182„ — ,it ii - Itt o,P ° '' , llt ., ° Ypti ron a otta e u, z• 12 Guilders q, bitt - 17 p , ° ,., , t1 Late& 1 per Cent — 5 -I. Nk s ew er '-', etit,"‘ Warrant — Ditto 44 Per c - ...ea 4 ' • .... it Ace° e4it •l e ' . „.... to ( „ 0 tiot. . 82 4. 7 . . ! .... _._ ... .._ bkhtt o `; up on, . • .. .. 0 , ex-Coupons 23a 4 at&tr e 4eoe„,. ............ kt 44,4 8 6 ie.., ''• hi % Der ( 2 , r Oe iat. • '• • I. i ori t , Ac e° , Cen t el zunana Railway) i ll Ir e "tit. ' • ....... b. 4 1 . 4 P 6 rial''' ...... Di)4o4. p eal . ..,.••..... r,e.n. D— 'll.tto p er •;,• • ..... '.. t l'llt e rter r ' c i Ca nt '• •••• •—• ettt o ": , ,trat warr _ bl i lti lt 4 3 per 04114 Ree.tares.) ktittt4 Ace,ouoTt.,l4l,4::i •,• ....... . , ' 111 :k.- ION ; ..' •• . , ....... ) '6O, 62,'3 471 t) i to g i per t e to zi paid. pm bDit,biter eel i t t " l l B B s 2 2 ) i 5t........ • 861 •'e a o. a, , ti , p„, 18„ ............ • Ni',‘ l s p er , ent. , 185',," o*ttetif:c:o.pelbarte.ea!t......u.2. ........ .. e Vlee A C era i o n" .......... " iitt,s(' dyer e elli .......... ........... ...... ,)i t , iki. ()e el. ............. _ bi t o 4 elp ji .c . .................. 021 V, to , e r ,„_ t , er red . Itt o yee ei " ‘ , 4 ... .... •• • ............ 14t• Ac e () ........ ).144 (.1 ri..4 ~ ................ ........ : ........... Il ip i tl l, ,, 4;: l e• r tit; .......... ...... fu.ueled ........... 3 1 4 11 0 4 4 ‘ k i 0 ,, eueeta. ................. 131 11 Di tt o oto _ tlt „ it. 1,,,,: ............. ?pt., P er g e ... ."" ............. iitoie.A‘_ 0 toolit. , ~,•,,, ............... to 1T ............. •-•- 1, ittt) ( } per .peottlltd e• ................... tte .4b : l l ro U tte4 IR6i ............. 671. FteN 3 .. p tl e tll 'es,', l . l " dent . . .............. 7 et ° ' f ‘ice, eilo r t eclat' ... Ct . , Oct, 1863 — 4 lt e A Pe r ee • .................... lo ti eecql lit.) 1,,,)., ............ qlo i Vid e 11 1, . °a " • ...... I ltr lA It e 4 48 ,), • .............. -- s , ~ os. _ ,, 4 tile _, .. ........... 55 I Ati?,tt<thi.ptl i Per ( „ 4 0 ° ve payable in London. Ipt e, p er nt., tx ,-;„ tit., E x. 25f.... to l t A P er ~ent. e 0,...!, Gila ....... 641 L Per ,ia'ent., fu;oneates . 101 a t. 081 D ,: .. ...... . • ~ , .. ' - ` - 'z• 20 frranes.. 67t -4 01 e .... itt, l on .. , . ) ..... , o €'3' . a llt ........ TWO O'CLOCK. ...................... 901 ......... ,01111 91 it i n g for used [lank's- Wales, undah ter the lull Iv ,ntaing , righ e shell cee til° I moon , v u , nice a ,i n ion rids of 1 1 boW kinoe kb:10 611411 kind' tLcti° ,bor n ' eedia To u rince° en be' SHARE DIARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share) Railways. Paid.{ Closing Businesb Paid.' Price. done. Wol., and Str. Val.l al Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,SleaLandMid.Co al Bristol and Exeter 104 !Caledonian Cork an, t Jim iou at Cornwall al. D o A A geta nu div 11 Do. B till (ip c.p au.has al been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. all Dun.,Pertho.'LAb. June. all Edinburgh err Glasgow. 100 iGlasv. and S Western., 100 'GrealEaster ~ Ord. stk 100 Ditto A s' Oak Ditto East :_uglian st 100 GreatNorthot Scotland 100 Great Northern lOO 127 128 Do A stock Do Bdo Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland 100 90 100 Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 1 , Lancashire Yorkshire 14 London and Blaekwalt 11 Lou., Briglit.,(t S. Coast 1( Lon., Chat., aad Dover I( Lon. rk North Western IC Lon. & Sw(th Western it Man., Shet., & Lincoln. 10 Maryport. and Carlisle al Do t shares Metropolitan al Mldland Do New Do Birming. (IL Derby 10 Mid. Ct. W. of Ireland a] Do. 4 shares 'Mid Kert II i 8 Si 11 II F} 8§ 84 F 6 124 121§ 11 7 74 37 39 LI 16 17 96 98 107 WO 99 50 0 46 48 71 8} 110 1104 72 73 107 109 43 44 1001 104 1014 1024 49 50 Li 107 100 0 J27i 128 1.0 J. Itp 0 97 99 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Sr Dundee 10 Nth. Eastern—Berwice 10 I Do, G.N.E. purchase M.: Do Leeds it Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New North Staffordshire al N. and S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 10 Do Scot. Mid. stock lO Shrews. and Welohpooi al Shropshire Union South Devon l O, South Eastern South Wales !S. York. and River Dun lot Staines, Wok.,andWok. al . Stockton & Darlington al Do Do New, 186 G Taff Va1e........ Do Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath !Victoria sta. and Piin ! Waterford & Kilkenny 10( West Cornwall 110 G W. Hartlepool Har.(tß ! 100 West Midland -Oxford! 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford 100 521 531 25 Y 6 0 1031 1031 13.4 -- --cl 0 50 60 0 891 00i 00 123 128 51 2 p tll 78 79 ill II 11} DO 124 120 DO 43 45 DO 98 100 .11 - )o 63 64 10 33 3 10 95 954 98 100 1 10 104 1 I 158 39 17 9e 104 8 74 8 10 158 160 8 1_ 5 54 c.' 3 21 3 41? 11 20 —p 83 66 170 175 22 25 BRITISH POSSE Railways atlantic & Lawrence al Bom.,BarodaSt.Cent Inc , Gu. 5 per cent ....... A Do. New .... Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Laxe [lurid) a Do. Preference litnialo,Brant,&Godrich , 0 11 p. cf. bds. Aug. 1, 187'4 A 'Do. do. July 1, 18710 Do. do. JUlle 1, Iz3i IC Clete fa.k S.E:ts tn. (I,i h. 10 Cape Town Dock Seri; 10 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 10 13;ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 10 Do. do. G 1 Do. do. II do. .. 1, Grand Trunk of Canada lu Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. al Do. co. de:erred...... al Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. al Do. do. deferred...... al Do. 3d 1' ~". stoc:r. al Do. do. deal Do. 4th I'ref. stoo: - ... al Do. do. deferred...... a] Gt.lnamPentn.gua.sp.c. 10 Do. New gua. sp. c... 1 Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. Soul h.of India (Lim _ _ guaranteed 5 per . cent 1O Gt. W. of Canada Shares ali Do. New . Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. al Do. 4p. o. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. 101 Do. 4I p. o. Extension 101 Dc. d 0........ 101 ,SIONS. I€l. Closing .1 6O [OO 104 ics ..1 8 4 1 P P I 6 1 6i 1 84 01 102 101 103 1061 )07,, 1(5 166 zoi 21i 73 59 LI 66 11 M 11 41 [1 26 [1 22 107, It PI Do. Fifth Extension. ! Nielb.Corp. 3p. 3. Bnds 10( Alelb. & Hobson's Bay. al Do. 'i p. c. Dlortz. lids. all Newßrunswiok a Canda Class A. and B. al N. Itl.C'dali pc lat pf bds 1 Soinde ( l' Do. Delhi a • • • if .. Do. do ,:e . 9 Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. indus.St. Flo j 1k 11 'OLONIAL GOVERN —1) 1877-SI I Do. 6p. c. Feb.. Aug 10 , I Do. 6p. c. Mar. ck Sept. 10 Do. Ip. c. Janat.luly. 10, - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 10 Cape G. Elope, 6 p c. 1873 10 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 10 t Do. 1891 10 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 101 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 101 .Mauritt as 6 per cent .. 10 Natal Gov. 6 per cunt.. 10 -- 'N.B.Goy. 6 p.c.J a.&July 10 i Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 10 N. S.W. lioy. 5 p I,lBttt 10 - Du. sp. c.,lBti to 1576 10 - Do. d0.,1888 upwdc 10 ; New Zealand 6 p cent. 10 ;Nova Scotia Guy. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. lO 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 101 8. Aus G1ip.c.1878.& up.. 1 Vto.Goy. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 1 Do. lo 6 Pm- Am&Ook. ./0 ICS 12 1 8 1 )0 103 11 •} .8 101 11 413 11 86 )c) Iv 4 [l. 157 59 li - - 11 I 3 5 [OO 1 82 84 104 105 )0 1 103 104 2 f al 103 10 04 100 1 100 102 ENT SECU 102 104 'lO3 105 103 105 91 82 90 92 [O6 108 )0 109 111 )0 1109 111 l it 10 103 110 10 110 112 9 01 106 9 1(8 110 10 O e 104 J 9 100 99 100 k) 159 i IGOi )0 107 109 10 103 101 )0 109 11l 0 109 111 110 111 1041 110 f f BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' 1d Ulittord Amalgamated 30 371 Devon G. Con.. (Tavisto 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 65 67 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. td yar East Caradon ..... 2.14.fi 27 28 26 East Carn Brea.... . 3.4.0 76 -- E. IVlltussel (Tavistk , 8.9.0 4/ 51 Gam.4tSt.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 8 10 1 G reat South Tolgus 17s 4} 41 , G. Wheal Vor (Heston, 40 14 15 IGrenville Herod's-root „. 8.12 87 39 Ilingston Downs 4.18.0 21 St Lady Bertha IMargaret (tiny Lelant 96 19 21 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 26 16 I d New Setun l9l 90 100 • North Downs 2/ 11 11 Basset(lllo.ran, 3.1.0 2. 3 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 5} 61 Par Consols (St. Blazey, , - Providence (Uny Lelut.) 10.6.7 44 46 iSouthCaradon(St.Cleer, , 1} 425 435 !S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. IS.Wheal Fran. (Illc”,Tan) 18.18.9 671 621 IStray Park 30.17.6 28 32 6 rarriarSilv.& Lead Min 46 A fin Crort 9 19 20 'West Basset (Illogau) ll 11 12 1W Ct rado,. (Liskeard) 5 20 2t 'West Seton Wheal Baer (Mogan), 51 85 90 Wheal Bulier(ltedruth)l 5 20 25 Wheal Kitt y (U. Lelant) 2.0.6 I ett 3.0.8 , it 11 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 121 131 —III Wheal eton 5Bl 150 160 VaealTrelawney (Lis ) 7 23 24 !Wheal Union 3.17 3 31 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Londnn and Chatham, 4i per Cent., -- Ditto, Com. Fund stock. 5 per cent., 101} London, Tilbury, and Southend, 99 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 1411 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 711 Cobre Copper, 35 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 121 Anglo Austrian, 61 Australasia, Ditto, new, 48 9 Bank of Egypt, 261 A Bank of Victoria, ustralia, 42 Bank of New Zealand. 13114 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 411 f I City, Ditto, new, 661 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 231 European Bank, lira., 31 3 Hindustan, china, and Japan (iim.), 33 1 Imperial Ottoman, 17/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4 London and Brazilian (lim.), 65i i London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 21 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27, 61 Oriental Bank Corporation, 61 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi aim.), Union of London, 42 11 2 MISCELLANEOUS: Commercial Union (insurance), 8/ Hudson's Bay. 171 International Financial Society, lim., 91 1 Italian irrigation (Canal Cavour). Ditto, 6 per wilt. Bonds, redem. 1570, issued 90, 83i Joint •stock Discount, et k London Financial Association, lim., 263 7i 64. London General Omnibus Company, 21 i National Discount Company, lim., 101 d National Steam Navigation, Um., Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, 794 Si Ditto, new, 48 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), llm., 7} Universal Marine (lim.) insurance, 51i The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.271 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Z 3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. By advices from II aniburg the Price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg. The coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1661 to 167} per cent., and the premium on gold is about 541 per cent. At these rates there is aairofit on the importation of gold from the United Staten. The magistrate translated the whole of the evidence to the prisoner in the Italian language with the greatest fluency, and the prisoner replied to him in the same language. Mr. Woolrych also delivered his judgment first in English and then in Italian. 'We believe this is the last day Mr. Wool rych will preside in this court, to which he was appointed in March, 1851. A great proportion of the sailors and witnesses who resort to this court era foreigners, and the absence of Mr. Woolrych, who is conversant with 10 different languages, will be much felt. He is the most use ful and able magistrate that ever presided in the Thames Police Court. Mr. John Paget, of the Norfolk Circuit and Liverpool Sessions, who was called to the bar in 1838, and who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Woolrych, was on the bench this day. It is understood that he will officiate as a "ma gistrate of the police courts of the metropolis" at this court on Monday next. The appointment has given much satis faction. Nt. raga has had cwt.:L.l6lle practice in criminal matters. The Liverpool business is similar to that which is the staple of this court. Another vacancy has occurred in the magisterial bench by the election of Mr. Corrie, magistrate of the Bow-street Police Court, to the office of City Remembrancer yesterday. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of home-grown wheat fresh up to this morning's market were very moderate. There was no activity in the demand for any quality, yet prices wore supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. The trade for all descriptions ruled inactive; nevertheless, importers were firm, and late prices were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request at late rated. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Good and fine malting qualities ruled firm at extreme rates; other wise the trade was dull on former terms : Malt wasia fair average request, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably largo. For good and fine corn, the trade ruled steady, at full prices; but heated parcels were on dull inquiry. Beans and peas meta steady sale, and prices were sup ported. Barrel flour, of which there was an increased supply on offer, sold steadily, at full currencies; other descriptions ruled steady in price. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.. -.. 630 690 3170 I 270 I 740 Irish.. ..... ... - 4350 • - For;aign . . . .. . 9,450 3,800 ,-• 17,710 2510 sks 3250 brls 13.14. 1 6.4.0 1 0.16.4 Mit SUN. LONDON', FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING VALUABLE SHAWLS.—Ann Carey and Mar garet Connor were charged with stealing five French shawls of the value of £35 from the shop of Mr, Edgloy, 88, Oxford street, shawl warehousemen, &c, Thomas Grant, an assistant to the prosecutor, deposed that on the previous evening the two prisoners entered the shop, and Carey said she wanted to look at some dark mantles, He took them then upstairs and showed them several, but none would suit. Connor then called him to the other end of the room, and while he was speak ing to her he saw through a glass Carey put five shawls from off the counter in the show room under her shaw lie afterwards asked one of his fellow assistants whether he had removed any shawls, and at that moment Carey dropped the shawls at her feet. On taxing the prisoners with steal ing the shawls, they said "it was a mistake," and that he must have knocked them down. In answer to Mr. Yardiey, the witness said the prisoners on entering the shop said they wanted a cheap mantle. Nathan Leech, 324 A, proved taking the prisoners into custody, and said ho found the shawls lying at the feet of Carey. He wished for a remand that he might make in quiries respecting them. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoners for a week - . "RESPECTABLE PERSONS" COMMITTED FOR ATTEMPT ING TO PICK POCKETS.—John Logie, Maria Logie, John Blanc, and James Webb were charged with attempting to pick pockets in Oxford-street. Sergeant White, 16 D, and King, 76 D, proved seeing the prisoners in Oxford-street the previous afternoon attempt- ing to pick the pockets of ladies looking in the windows of Messrs. Grant and Gask, silk mercers, and other trades men in Oxford-street, On taking the prisoners into cus tody the man Logic exclaimed, " It is a piece of insolence to stop respectable persons like us in the street." Blanc said all he had done was to walk with his hands in his own pockets. Logie (the man) said that at the time the officer saw him outside Grant and Gask's he was trying to get rid of his wife (Mario Logie), as he was going to present a piece of music to a young lady who his wife was rather jealous of. He could assure his worship it all arose from a misunder standing on the part of the officers. Watts, 181 N, said he had known the Logios for 10 years as companions of thieves. They were both convicted of a robbery at the Agricultural Hall in 1862, and committed for three months each, and he believed the man had then bees convicted before. Sergeant White said he believed Blanc had been con victed for a robbery at the Pantheon Bazaar. Barns, the gaoler, said Webb had been before at the court and he believed for picking pockets. Mr. Yardley said it was clear the prisoners had gone to Oxford-street for the purpose of picking pockets, and com mitted them for three months each. THAMES. A DESTRUCTIVE GREEK,—Joseph Pietro, a Greek seaman. was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with breaking a large pane of plate glass in the window of the Rose and Crown public-house, in Rateliffe-highway, last night. It appeared from the evidence of Peter Schut, a young man, the barman and waiter at the Rose and Crown, that the prisoner was passing, in and out of the house, for two hours, last night, He was intoxicated and very noisy, and was repeatedly requested to desist and go home to his boarding house. He took a stone from the inside of his dress and threatened the barman, and struck a woman. At last he was ejected from the house, and immediately 03' broke a large pane of plate glass valued at £2. The land- I lord of the house said he was not insured. Business don, Mr. Woolrych ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of £3 and £2, the value of the glass, and, in default, six weeks' imprisonment. A few minutes afterwards the magistrate said he had reconsidered the matter. He would suspend his judgment until this evening. He directed Turner, 32 H, who had charge of the case, to look after the woman who had been struck by the prisoner. He also directed Roche, the gaoler, to keep the prisoner in custody until the evening. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is only mo. derate. The trade is somewhat firmer than on Monday at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 a dad Middlingmutton 4 2 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be but moderately supplied with English and foreign hops. For all qualities the trade rules firm, and the late advance in the quotations is well supported. Mid and East Kents £5 5s to S 9 108 per owt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 6 168 „ Sussex 5 5s to 6 Os „ Bavarian . Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been done in common congou at 12d per lb. SUGAR.—OnIy a limited number of transactions have been reported in West India at barely previous quotations. In the refined market dried goods are without charge in value. COFFEE,—The dealings have been to an average extent, and both Plantation and Native Ceylon have maintained former prices. RICE,—The operations have been on a limited scale, without any material alteration to notice. TALLOW—Business has been very dull, and the few bargains entered into have led to a slight reduction on prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 6d ; March deli very, 41a 6d, and last 3 months, 458 per cwt. WHY THE EMPRESS ASSURED HER LIFE.— It is quite true, as of late stated in the newspapers, that her Imperial Majesty has recently assured her life in five English offices for £BO,OOO, involving an annual charge in premiums of about £2,500; but the meritorious purpose of the act has yet to be stated. It is well known that the Empress was the foundress, and is, at this hour, the sole supporter of the following noble charitable insti tutions :—" Maison Eugenio Napoleon," "Prete de l'En fance au Travail," (better known as " La Societe du Prince Imperial,") and the " Caisse do Secours pour l'Armee de Terre et de Mer." The Empress is very naturally appre hensive that these good works may materially suffer when ever death—that black camel, as the Arabs finely put it, call her hence, awnhdi,chthkerneefeolrse,"sheevehrays mtahnus's —may Y through the in strumentality of life assurance, to permanently endow them. the Empress has named the Prince Imperial as her almoner, and at her demise it would become his sacred duty to administer the large fund thus created, and to take these merciful bodies under his fostering care. It it is said that the Empress has also effected assurances for th e sam e good end with several Belgian and German offices. On account of the greater risk to which the life of the _Empress is reckoned to be exposed as compared with with ordinary mortals—witness, for instance, the late horrible plot to assassinate the Emperor—increased rates of premium hare been charged by the contracting (dice ! The London Mirror. • Yesterday morning a jobbing shoemaker, named James Gooding, who lived in a narrow back street, called Albert-street, in the parish of St. Clement, Ipswich —one of the poorest parts of the town— murdered one of his children and then cut his own throat. It appears that at about half-past eight in the morning Gooding's next door neighbour, named Norfolk, was alarmed by hearing Gooding's wife scream out, and on running to his door she cried out to him, "For God's sake, Mr. Norfolk, come in —my husband has killed himself and the dear child." Norfolk ran up-stairs, and found the bodies of Gooding and his little daugh ter Elizabeth, about six years of age, lying on the floor weltering in their blood, which flowed from wounds in the throat of each. Although scarcely more than a minute could have elapsed since the commission of the act, both father and daughter appeared dead, and Mr. W. Adam, jun., surgeon, who was almost immediately on the spot, found life to be quite extinct. At the knee of the father lay a shoemaker's knife, covered with blood, and evidently the instrument which had been used. The unhappy father appears to have first cut the throat of his child, who was completely a cripple, having the use of neither arms nor legs, and was besides imbecile and unable to speak, and then to have inflicted a frightful gash in his own, com mencing under the left ear and extending across the throat, severing all the muscles down to the ver tebrue, An inquest was held upon the bodies in the afternoon by Mr. S. B. Jackaman, the coroner for the borough, at which evidence was given which went to show that the deceased man had for years been in an indifferent state of health, and that since September last year, when he lost three chil dren in one week of diphtheria, he has been in a desponding state of mind. He was a remarkably well-informed man for his position in life, and up to that time he had been a very sober man, but latterly had indulged a good deal in drink ; he always, however, spoke of the deceased child in terms of the greatest affection, and said he only lived for her. One of the witnesses said when Gooding gave way to drink he was unable to eat, and that during the last fortnight he had eaten next to nothing. The jury thought it desirable that the widow of the deceased should be examined, and the inquiry was adjourned till to-day in order that the poor woman might have time to become somewhat composed, she being at present in so distracted a state that it would be impossible to examine her. STATE OF TRADE, BRADFORD, Jan. 14 .—There is very little wool changing hands today. Though the price of cotton is drooping, the quotations for wool remain exceed ingly firm, with a slight tendency upward. There is a steady business doing in worsted yarns. Prices are rather easier. Orders are running out ; but there is a considerable new business doing for the home trade, a great number of small orders being placed by merchants. The foreign merchants are doing little or nothing, the Holstein question being still an obstacle to business. In pieces there is a good business doing at very arm prices. The home houses are doing an active business in Winceys. There is a large business doing for America, both in Italian cloths and coburgs. The fancy makers are so busy that they decline many orders offered. LEICESTER, 1311a.—The hasiery trade continues quiet, and there has not been much doing in any department during the week. Business, however, is always dull at this time cf the year. There are no stocks of any kinds of goads on hand. The wool market is quiet, but high prices are yet quoted, with no aupearance of a decline. Yarns maintai❑ very high rates, and spinners are restricting their productions to the actual demand. NOTTINGHAM, 13th.—Tte lace trade continues dull, and there has not been much doing daring the past few days in cotton goods. Thera are a few orders in the market for plan stiff nets, as also for Mechlin quillings. The fancy trade remains quiet. There is rather more doing n black siik laces and edging, and more is expected to be done in those articles shortly. The demand for silk Mechlins and silk quillings is without charge. Stocks of both silk and cotton goods are very low. In hosiery there is not much alteration. A fair amount of business has been done in some branches, and busi ness generally is healthy. Yarns arc firm, and have an upward tendency. Murder and Suicide at Ipswich. Extraordinary Affair at Warwick. At Warwick, on Saturday, Alice Owen made an affidavit tending to establish the innocence of George Cooke, a carver and gilder, who was in dicted at the Warwick summer assizes on a charge of highway robbery with violence, found guilty, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Ac cording to her evidence the young man was in bed at the time the robbery was alleged to have been committed, and she herself confesses that the money, for the stealing of which he was convicted, was in tact never stolen at all, for the p r osecutor had given it to her some time before to keep safe for him. The following is a summary of the evi dence on which Cooke was convicted :—The pro secutor stated that he . and th e p r i soner had been drinking together in several pia bllc-housee in Warwick, and that be himself got drunk. About they had beeninth e morningdrinking for home, the prisoner being at the time quite sober. While they were walking along, the prisoner su dd en l y turne d upon him, and struck him a severe blow upon the head with something hard like a stone. From the effects stunned, and fell upon prisonerthen rifled his pockets, theof that pavement. blow The e s parti al ly and, having possessed himself of the money, ran Constabl x s ith ere the assault and Waters, who was on d aw ut a y y. nea Poli rt c h e e spot robbery were said to have been committed, proved finding the prosecutor lyin g upon the ground, with blood flowing from a 'wound at the back of bead. On being asked what h e was d o i ng there, he answered, " Cooke is a rogue, for he has robbed me and run away," or words very much to that effect. Cooke was subsequently apprehended upon the charge. When taken into custody four half crowns and a few coppers were found in his posses sion.—Mr. Tibbits, for the defendant, att e mpted to show that the policeman first suggested the name of Cooke to the prosecutor when he found him lying upon the ground, ,and that then, and not before, he adopted tne notion that Cooke was the person who had robbed and beaten him. That, however, Walters flatly denied.—Sergeant Webb stated that when the two Men con f ronte d eac h other at the station-house, prosecutor pointed to Cooke and said, " That man has robbed me," upon which Cooke called him all so r t s o f names , an d sa id that he knew nothing about hi s money. I t was shown by the prisoner 's mother that he had money in his pocket before he left hom e to drink with the prosecutor. Mary Ann R awlins deposed that she was up at her bedroom window when the policeman Walters found the prosecutor u pon the pavement. The policeman asked him what he did there with his pocket turned inside out. Green behaved like a man stupefied with drink. The,o, fficer then sa id, " Wh at have you done with Cooke P Prosecuto r re pli e d h e did not know, upon which the policeman said, "Come along; we will go and find. h im ." Ali ce O wen, at the time of the offence, was gin W arw i c k, an d she avers that late on the night in q uest i on the pro secutor Green and the prisoner Cooke both came to the house where she was in an intoxicated condi tion. Cooke went to bed, bat Green, although every thing was done to persuade him , refused to follow his companion, and insisted upon going out into th e street again. Before doing so, however, he emptied his pockets of all the money they cont a i ne d , an d handed it to her to keep safe for him, a trust he bad often exercised when visiting her before. He sub sequently left the house, and she heard no more about him, but Cooke remained in bed all night. In answer to the Magistrate, why she ha s no t ma d © her statement before, she replied . that early next morning she left Warwick, and it was not until recently she heard of the undeserved sentence which had been passed upon Cooke. At present th e f r i en d s of the young man are engaged in procuring signa tures to a document to be forwarded to Sir George Grey. DEACON BEYAN.— yen. Thomas Bev an , DEATH OF THE VEN. ARCH The death is announced of the archdeacon of St. David's, in his filth year. For more than 30 years th e von. arc hd eacon ha d been rector of St. Pet er ' s , Carmarth-2n, in the gift of St. Da vid's College, L am p e t er (value £l7O, popu l a ti on 4,850), s ad he has also f or many years held the arc hd eaconry o f St' David's, with th e pre bendal st a ll of Mydrim, in the est bedral ch urc h of that dio cese, value about £5O. lie reside d his living from ill health, atter 30 years of unwear ied labour and gre a t minis terial usefulness, i n N ov . , 1863. e was a v ery a bl e an d effective preacher ; and, though Evangelical in his views, he was moderate and unassuming in his enunciation of them. THE GREAT EASTERN AND THE GIBRALTAR, ALIAS SUMTER., IN THE AUCTION-ROO:W.—An enormous crowd thronged the Liverpool Cotton Sales Room, yesterday, to witness the sale of the Great Eastern by auction, by INle,:firs. Cunard, Wilson, and Co. Mr. Cunard, the auc tioneer, after reading a description of the vessel and the usual conditions of sale, said that the bids must not be less than £l,OOO. Only one bid, however, was made by a Mr. Robinson, the amount of his bid being £50,000, and the auctioneer then announced that the reserved bid of the owners was £130,000, and after vain efforts to increase the offers, the vessel was withdrawn to the surprise of all pre sent, rumours as to various probable purchasers, including the Lottery Company, having been for some time current on 'Change. The Gibraltar, formerly so notorious as the Con federate cruiser Samter, was then put up and finally pur chased for £4,500 by a Mr. Patterson. SMOKELESS COAL (3,000 to 4,000 tons monthly) is being shipped from Cardiff in Wales to Nassau and con tiguous ports for the use of blockade runners, to whoa smoke is an abomination, as pointing out their whereabouts at sea. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH did not say be had "the conriction," but simply " j'ai la confiance," that peace can be preserved, which is not precisely equivalent in meaning. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS AT A FUNERAL AT PERTH.—In Monday's Mercury we mentioned that the body of Peter M'Culloch, tailor, Scone, had been found in the Tay. The body was taken to Scone, where it was interred on Tuesday, There is good reason to suppose that 111Tulloch committed suicide; and it seems to be the general opinion amongst the antiquated inhabitants of Scone that the body of a suicide should not be allowed to enter the churchyard by the gate, but ought to be lifted over the wall. The reason for this is sup posed to be that, in the event of the body being allowed to pass through the gate, the first bride " kirked " thereafter will commit suicide within a very short period after her marriage, and that the first child carried to church to be christened will commit suicide before reached the age of eight years. As the hour for the funeral approached a bevy of the gudewives of Scene, num bering about forty, took up their position on the road lead ing to the graveyard, and as the humble cortege drew near they endeavoured, first by persuasion and at last by threats, to prevent the coffin from being carried through the gate way. The undertaker expostulated with the angry dames, and at length, after a deal of wrangling and unseemly conduct, the remains were allowed to pass on. Who will say that the days of superstition are gone ?—Caledonian Mercury. PLYMOUTH, Thursday.—The East India and Lon don Shipping Company's screw steamship Indiana, Captain Smyth, bound to the Capo of Good Hope, Madras, and Calcutta, was off this port at seven in the morning, all well; wind south •east, a smart breeze. She left Gravesend at 3 p.m., on Monday last, and at dark anchored off the Nore Light ship, where she remained until Tuesday, at 8 a.m. Thick foggy weather was experienced in the Channel, which obliged her often to go at half speed. All last night she lay to off this port. The Indiana has a full general cargo and 70 passengers, including, for the Cape—Commander H. G. Simpson, R.N., Captain Brown, 11th Foot, Mr. Herbert, aid Mr. Leckie; for Madras—Dr. Ramsbottom, Mr, Mober ley, Mr. Cramp, Dr. Bryson, Lieutenant Giffard, Dr. Kennedy, and Lieutenant Wolsely ; and for Calcutta—Mr, Clutterback, Dr. M‘Kinnon, Miss Blanchard, Captain East, Mr. Neal, Lieut. Keyser, Mr. Wright, Ensign Bu chanan, Lieut. W. Hailes, Mr. Bourke, and Lieut. Wing field. The ship White Adder, belonging to Messrs. R. Willis and Co., of L9adenhall-street, from London for Shanghai, passed down Channel this morning. Captain Glanville and the crew (five in all) of the schooner Thomas Protheroe, of Fowey, were landed here this evening by a pilot cutter. They state that at 1 o'clock this morning, wind E by S, the schooner was 15 miles SW of Portland on the port tack, reaching off the land, when the bark Augusta, Capt. P. Racimurfin, with timber from Christiansand, ran into her right amidships. The schooner foundered in five minutes. The bark, with the loss of jibboom and spritsail yard, has proceeded for Alicante. Captain Glanville and crew have been sent home by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. DENSE FOG AT LIVERPOOL.---A very dense fog enveloped the estuary of the Mersey as well as Liver pool and its environs on Wednesday night and during the early portion of yesterday. The fog was so dense as seriously to impede the navigation of the river. The darkness caused by the fog was so great as to prevent the arrival of seagoing steamers, none of which arrived in course of Wednesday. The Canadian mail steamer Jura only arrived in port yes terday morning, having been detained off the bar fully 17 hours. The Isle of Man steamer Tynwald was 29 hours on the passage to Liverpool, the time usually occu pied being six hours. The passengers for New York by the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia steamer City of New York, to sail on Wednesday, were unable to proceed on board the tender. Up to yesterday afternoon the City of New York was unable to proceed to sea, it being impossible to see half the length of the vessel. The Nova Scotian, for Portland, with the Canadian mails, was also detained. On Wednesday most of the ferry traffic across the Mersey was suspended, except that by Woodside. The Seaeombe steamer, with passengers on board, had to come to an anchor, and the passengers were detained on board all night. Fortunately, so far as is known,:ne serious casualty took place. THE Loss of LIFE ON THE EAST COAST.—The fund which is being raised for the relief of widows and orphans of the poor men who perished during the great gale of last month. when fishing on board Groat Yar mouth smacks, is steadily increasing. Yesterday the Mayor of Great Yarmourth. (Mr. R. Steward) received the following letter, which affords another gratifying proof of the solici tude entertained by her Majesty for the welfare of all classes of her subjects :—" Osborne, Jan. 11. Sir,—The Queen has seen with feelings of sincere sympathy the ac counts which have appeared in the newspapers of the dis tress and sufferings of those poor widows and orphans whose husbands and fathers have perished in the late gales, Her Majesty has directed me to forward you the enclosed check for £lOO to be added to the sum already collected for their relief. The Queen would be glad that these poor widows and orphans should be made aware of her Majesty's sym pathy also with them in their sorrows, which money cannot alleviate. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient hum ble servant, C. B. Pours,--The Mayor of Great Yar mouth." At six o'clock yesterday morning, at Paris, the thermometer of M. Chevallier stood at 2 6-10ths below zero Centigrade (27 1-3 d Fahrenheit) ; at noon, 2 6-10ths above C. (361 F.); and at three o'clock, 4 above C. (39 1-sth F.) The half-yearly report of the National Discount Company, to be presented on the 20th inst., shows a profit of £35,087, out of which £20,000 is recom mended to be applied to a dividend of 10 per cent., leaving £15,087 to be carried to reserve, which will thus be raised to £98,499. At the same time the directors propose that the nominal capital of the company should bo increased from £2,000,000 to £3,000,000 by an issue of 40,000 new shares, to be offired at £5 premium, with the view that the £200,000 that could thus be realised should be applied to raise the reserve fund to £3oo,ooo—a measure suggested by the experience that in pro portion to the growing strength of the reserve has been the increase of the confidence reposed in the establishment. The half-yearly report of the Imperial Bank, to be submitted on Munday next, states the available balance to be £9,613, of which £5,000 is recom mended to be appropriated to a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and £3,000 to a reserve, leaving £1,613 to be carried forward. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £7lO 2s. 3d. on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. A Naples letter says :—" Travellers who formerly arrived in this city by railway or by sea may re member the manner in which they were assailed by a swarm of porters who seized their trunks and all that they had, and imposed on them an arbi trary charge. Since the Ist of January those men have been divided into several companies, each having a chief, who is responsible for the conduct of those under him. They all wear a sort of uni form, and act on a tariff of prices carefully drawn up. CAT-TALK WITH LITTLE CLIILDREN.—" Come out upon the roof with me," the cat had said to Rudy distinctly and intelligibly; ior when one is a young child, and can scarcely speak, fowls and ducks, cats and dogs, are almost as easily understood as the language that fathers and mothers use. One must be very little indeed then, however ; it is the time when grandpapa's stick neighs and becomes a horse, with head, legs, and tail. Soule children retain their infantine thoughts longer than others, and of these it is said that they are very backward, exceedingly stupid children—people say so much. "Come out upon the roof with me, little Rudy," was one of the first things the cat said, and Rudy under stood him. "It is all nonsense co fancy one must fall down ; you won't fall unless you are afraid. Come I set one of your paws here, the other there, and take care of yourself with the rest of your paws r Keep a sharp look out, and be active in your limbs. If there be a hole, spring over it, and keep a firm footing as I do."--Sans Christian Andersen's Ice Maiden. THE ENGAGEMENT OF MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS at the St. James's is to last up to Easter. THE PANTOMIME AT DRURY-LANE is said to have cost £B,OOO. All this money is lavished upon canvas, and paint, and tinsel, which in a few weeks will become a heap of rubbish. Magnificence in theatrical matters can scarcely be carried beyond the point it has now reached. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, Old Kent-road, was held yesterday evening at St. James's Hall, Mr. Donald having given up the whole of his spacious premises for the accommodation of the visi tors. St. James's Hall proper, making, with its peculiar style of illumination, perhaps the finest dancing-saloon in Europe, was soon full, and the company began rapidly to overflow into the other two minor halls, the restaurant, and all the private rooms in the establishment. There were upwards of 2,000 per sons present, and the dancing to the excellent music of Adams' band of 40 performers was kept up to an early hour this morning. Light refreshments were served out in abun dance during the evening, and the seniors amongst the visitors were not slow in availing themselves of the more potent beverages with which Mr. Donald's cellars are so amply stored. . IMPLACABLE !—When Mr. Aretmus Ward, jour neying over the plains to California, was seized and plun dered by predatory Indians, the Sachem who stripped him made a speeeh, and said he hoped to meet him in the happy hunting-grounds. " If he du," adds Mr. Ward, in his account of the transaction, " there will be a fite." A CHASE AFTER THE WRONG SHIP.—An exciting chase took place a iew days since off the port of Brest, in consequence of the commander of the Federal corvette Kerseage mistaking the French war steamer Ren audin for the Confederate corvette Florida. The Kerseage was cruising off Ushant, watching for the Florida, having received orders to attack the Confederate steamer on her quitting Brest. The Renaudin, which resembles the Florida, was going out to sea, and was passing Iroise, when the captain of the Kerseage gave chase. The commander of the French ship having made himself known, the cap thin of the Kerseage hastened to apologise. This incident, it appears, has attracted the attention of the French naval authorities, and proved to them that the captain of the American steamer may involuntarily at tack his adversary in French waters, of which he is not well acquainted . with the boundaries. The port admiral at Brest has consequently given orders that the steamship of the-line Wagram shall watch the movements of the two chips. and prevent them from engaging in French waters. The Florida, moreover, is not yet ready for sea. She made a trial trip on the 6th inst., and steamed as far as Conquet. The . trial was most satisfactory, and the log gave a speed of 13 knots an hour even within the goulet. The Confederate corvette Rappahannock is still in the pert of Calais under repairs. LIFEBOAT EIPENSES.—Daring the year which has just closed the National Lifeboat Institution has incurred the following expenses on either additional new lifeboat stations, or the replacing of old boats, transporting carriages, and boat-houses by new ones—viz., Berwick-on- Tweed, £340, Filey £267, Birdlington £340, Blakeney £196, Thorpness £2OO, Hastings £196, Eastborne £265, Teignmouth £574, Sennen £340, Bade 292, Pembrey £203, Cardigan £l9B, Porthdinllaon £273, Lythan £513, Fleet wood £l6l, and Arklow £204. The society has also expended on the repairs, stores, painting, alterations and inspecti on of its numerous lifeboats, boat-hones, and transporting car riages, and four spare lifeboats and carriages, £6,815 14s. ld. ; and £2,441 9s. Id. for coxswains' salaries, and exercising the crews of its lifeboats, making altogether a total of £13,819 3s. 2d. The National Lifeboat Institution has also granted during the same period £1,351 Ga. 4d. as rewards for saving by its lifeboats and other means, 714 persons from a large number of shipwrecks on our coasts. A most satisfactory result, and clearly showing how much can be accomplished :by the well directed efforts which the Institution has brought to bear on this humane work. The Society has now 125 lifeboats under its management. Each of these establishments requires about £5O a year to keep it in ar effective state. Again, the cost of a complete lifeboat station is about £6OO, including the expense of the lifeboat and the equipment, transporting carriage, and boat-house. The operations of the Lifeboat Institution now extend all over the coasts of the British Isles. To maintain and per petuate these operations is a matter of earnest and constant solicitude to the committee. They have incurred a great responsibility, but they do not shrink from it, and are de - tertninLd, with the continued sympathy and liberality of the British public, to leave no effort untried that can in any way tend to lessen the fearful annual loss of life from ship wrecks on our shores, W. M, Thackeray and Robert Bell ; Or, the Stolen Watch and the Spectacled Spirit. An anecdote related by M. Louis Blanc in a letter to _Le Temps, a letter full of the most generous feeling, and of fine and penetrating criticism of the genius of our great departed humourist, whose friendship he (M. Louis Blanc) had enjoyed :—" A few years ago the London papers an nounced that a Frenchman, whose name I need not give you, was going to deliver in English what is here called a lecture. Foremost among those who were moved by a feeling of delicate kindness and hospitable curiosity to en courage the lecturer with their presence was Thackeray. When the lecture was over the manager of the Literary Institution where it was delivered, for some reason or other, recommended the company to take care of their pockets in the crowd at the doors—a hint which was not particularly to the taste of a highly respectable and even distinguished audience. Some even protested, and none more warmly than an unknown person, very well dressed, sitting next to Mr. Robert Bell. Not content with speak ing, this unknown person gesticulated in a singularly animated manner. Isn't such a suggestion indecent, sir ; insulting ?' said he to Mr. Bell; What does he take-its for ?' &c. After giving vent to his indignation in this way for some moments the susceptible stranger disap peared, and when Mr. Robert Bell, who wanted to know how long the lecture had lasted, put his hand to his watch-pocket, behold I his watch had disappeared like wise. Thackeray, to whom his excellent friend men tioned the mishap, invited Robert Bell to dinner a day or two after. When the day came, Robert Bell took his seat at his friend's table,round which a joyous company of wits were gathered, and soon found himself encircled by a rattling fire of banter about an article of his which had just appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, then conducted by Thackeray; an article remarkable in all respects, and which had attracted universal notice, as a faithful, serious, and philosophical account of some effects of Spiritism, which the author had witnessed at a seance given by Mr. Home. Mr, Robert Bell is an admirable causeur ; his talk is a happy mixture of an Englishman's good sense and an Irishman's verve. So his questioners found their match in brilliant fence. Next day a mysterious messenger arrived at Mr, Robert Bell's, and handed to him, without saying who had sent it, a box containing a note, worded as nearly as I re collect, as follows :—' The Spirits present their compliments to Mr Robert Bell,and as a mark of their gratitude to him, they have the honour to return him the watch that was stolen from him," And a watch it really was that the box, contained, but a watch far finer and richer than the one which had disappeared, Mr, Robert Bell thought at once of Thackeray, and wrote to him without further explana tion—' I don't know if it is you, but it is very like you.' Thackeray, in reply, seat a caricature portrait of him self, drawn by his own hand, and representing a winged Spirit in a flowing robe, and spectacles on nose, Thackeray had in early life taken to painting, and perhaps if he had pursued his first vocation, he might have come in time to handle the brush as well as he afterwards handled the pen, At any rate, the drawing in question, as I can bear witness, was one to bring tears into your eyes for laughing. It was accompanied by a note as follows The Spirit Gabriel presents its compliments to Mr. Robert Bell, and takes tho liberty to communicate to him the por trait of the person who stood the watch.' Now, is not this bit of a story charming? 'What grace! what delicacy I what humour in this inspiration of a friend who, to punish his friend for having done the Spirits the honour to speak of them, sends him with a smile a magnificent present ! llonourable to Thackeray, this note is equally so to Robert Bell, who could inspire such feelings in such a man. And this is why I feel a double pleasure in relating it." 133} 3 107 8 1071 61 7, 1061 1 7, ]2B 981 1031 74 } TIES. A Most Sensible Suggestion. In regard to the National Shakespeare Committee, if Mr. Charles Dickens (who is one of the Vice- Presidents) were to come prominently forward and put himself at the head of this movement, the details might safely be left to Messrs. Marston, Bell, Tom lins, Godwin, and other very competent gentlemen upon the acting committee. These men are not likely, if they undertake to do the work themselves, to be guilty of such blunders as Mr, Dixon's draft report. But this, if the credit of the movement is to be saved, must be done at once. Efficiency must come to the front rank,and inefficiency must fall back some time before the expiration of the present month, or the public will lose all faith in the movement. It is idle to suppose that the Prince of Wales will allow his name to be connected with the matter until it has assumed a far better position than it oc cupies at present. There is something ominous in that silence which the Times has hitherto pre served towards the business, which betokens any thing but good ; and Punch (usually a very fair barometer of the temper, both of the times and the Times) has opened fire this week with an exceed ingly humorous and—we fear—too close parody, of the late meetings of the committee. It is impossible to avoid recognising the identity of Messrs. Chick, D'Hummy, Spluff, and Wickins. And the worst of the matter is that (thanks to the mismanagement of its half•elected leaders) the National Shake spearean Committee is in anything but a state to encounter either criticism or ridicule. —From the new number of " The Queen," just published. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet. Sales, about 2,000 or 3,000 bales. Weekly Report—Sales, 29,640-5,040 on spec, 2,920 for export—actual export, 8,140. Quota tions—Middling Orleans, 28—Mobile, 271-- Upland, 27i—estimated fair Egyptian, 28—Surats, 14 25k. Week's import, 17,203. Stock, 250,360, FEDERAL AGENTS IN IRELAND. Mr. Sergeant Howley, in opening the quarter session s for Cashel recently, said—" I deeply regret to learn th; at throughout the country, and even in the neighbourhood of the present place, attempts have been made, and to a certo in extent successfully, to entrap the young, the impulsive, a nd the unwary, and to involve them in the meshes of illegal associations. The origin of these associations is folly, or, worse, it has been imported from a country which at this moment presents the most lamentable instances of the horrors ever attendant on civil war. Devastation, blood shed, and massacre are its concomitant characteristics. In the American strife we have held up to us a picture of its sad and awful results, and it should be a warning to the people against rushing upon a similar misfortune. There are people abroad who are engaged in administering un lawful oaths to the people, and the project that they con template is the severance of this empire. No amalgama tion of this kind can succeed, there is too much loyalty in the land to permit of it or to warrant the prevalence of fear that any dangerous consequences should result from it. Thera are too many allied to property and a love of order to think that a reckless band of conspirators can. destroy with impunity the lives of men or the security of property. I am glad to say that the Roman Catholic clergy are alive to the danger that is abroad and have raised their voices against those evil associations." The remarks of Sergeant Howley are re-echoed in a Clonmel paper. Agents are at work throughout the county of Tipperary, it declares, swearing in and enrolling men as members of a secret society, which it designates as an "American born" organisation. " Not many weeks ago," continues this journal, "a delegate from the parent associa tion arrived in Clonmel from the States; but through the activity of those in authority, and the refusal of several in habitants of the town whom he solicited to join the Fenians, to have anything to do with him or his designs, lee had to depart for more congenial quarters." Several Catholic journals, evidently placing reliance in the common rumour that Federal agents are enticing the peasantry away, are be. ginning to write strongly on the subject. The Cork Examiner is one of these—" The Northern Irishman, the Irish-burn American," it observes, " does a lawful and legitimate as well as a natural act in enlisting in the Northern army ; but the Irishman who quits Ireland for the purpose of enlisting in the same ranks plays the part of a mercenary, who hires himself at so many dollars to kill and destroy so many innocent and unoffending people, or to conquer, subjugate, and doves. tate a country whose citizens are fighting tor their indepen dence, and defending their homes and altars. Put this proposition in any light we may, what we state is the fact, arid many will call the act of the Irishman who voluntei za in such a cause by a harsher and a juster term than we have any desire to employ. But there is a reason for this sympathy—this unnatural sympathy—this discreditable volunteering —as well as this desire to identify Ireland with the Northern States. The Northern States having destroyed liberty in the South, are to give freedom to Ireland ! For the sake of restoring national independence to Ireland, Federal America, which has been wasting its blood and treasure in striving to crush those who are battling for their independence, is to declare war against England I Was there ever such a wanton and wilful delusion ? How any man with brains in his head could hit upon such an idea or could seriously entertain—we cannot imagine." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE RACING FIXTU. FEBI RES FOR 1864. :VARY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford Lincoln Spring Hungerfurd Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Warwick .. 16 Durham Northampton 29 Catterick 3O Croxton- park Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Manchester Harpenden Epsom Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Ju: Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Stockbridge Newmarket July Carlisle .. Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford Pontefract Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 Yarmouth SEPTE York August 23 Plymouth Derby Lichfield Stockton .... 3O Devon and Exeter .... 39 Weymouth Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaater Brecon Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 OCTOBER. Northallerton 6 I Gloucester Newmarket Second Oct. 10 j Newmarket Houghton 24 NOVEMBER. Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 I Worcester Autumn ..•• 30 LeamingtoniWar.liunt 22 1 STEEPLECHASING FEERI IXTURES FOR 1864. r Any. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge MARCH. Grand Military (Rugby Hunt) l4 Arun,. Abergavenny NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 Bank of England Return,--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day of Jan,, 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .........X27,690,680 Government Debt .£11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3,634,900 Gold Coin Ar Bullion 13,040,680 Silver Bullion .... 227,690,680! £.27,60,680 BANKING D, :PARTMENT. Government Seen- Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,077,189 Other Securities 20.5E.5,386 Notes Gold and Silver 667,917 Coin counts) 5,264,037 Other Deposits 15,411,79 k Seven Day and other Billa 632,925 £39,227,67 X. 7 .1 Z 39.227.667 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Jan. 14, 1884. . SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 15.—Wind this day at noon—North• East; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 1 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Legion of Honour, from St. John's, N.B. Soiled—Wm. Miles, for Melbourne. CLYDE, Jan. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jessie Camp bell, from Plymouth—Elizabeth, from New York. Sailed —Native, for New York. NEWPORT, Jan. 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Empire Queen, from Dublin for Gibraltar. Sailed—lna, for Hong Kong. CARDIFF, Jan. 13.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—S. Carburh for Rio Janeiro. (IT MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 14—East Anglian (steamer), from Sicily, with wrecked cargo ex Friar Tuck from Foo-chow-Foo. Arrived Jan. 14—Amalia, from Guernsey ; Mystery, from Seville. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Salataga, for Batavia; Ready Rhino, for Alex andria; Saxonia (steamer), for Southampton; Amazon (screw steamer), for Lisbon; Citizen (screw steamer), for Bordeaux; Plover, for Barbadoes—all from London; Christina Agatha, from Shields, for Malta. BERGER, THE GREAT BILLIARD PLAYER, has now settled in Lyons, where ho ham become the proprietor of the "Cate du XIX°. 6a:de," which he reopened on Christmas-day. THE LAKE OF THRASYMENE, on the border of which Hannibal gained one of his greatest victories, isabout to be dried up by a company, who purpose to utilise the laud. DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER ETANS.—The Commissioner, who about four years ago retired from the bench on a retiring pension, died yesterday at the age of SG. Mr. Evans was brother of the late Mr. George Evans, M.P., of Portrane, in the county of Dublin, to whoFe estates ho succeeded some years ago. The deceased gen tleman had been a Commissioner for 30 years, ever since the establishment of this Court. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13.—The Diet of Norway has been convoked for au extraordinary session, in order to take into consideration tho question of armament. The Duke of Wormland has been tok.o seriously ill. 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